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By Rob Vogt It was seniors’ night for the Willow Creek Composite High School senior varsity girls’ volleyball team, as they said goodbye to two graduating Grade 12 players.The Cobras hosted the F.P. Walshe Flyers in their regular season home finale on Tuesday, Nov. 5.Before the teams played though, Cobra Head Coach JoAnna Sutter recognized Sadie Lybbert and Paiton Hurlburt … Read more…
By Tim Bryson Co-coach, WCCHS Cobras football team The Willow Creek Composite High School Cobras football team won their seventh straight game and advanced to the 3A provincial football semi-finals, and south final, with a 34-22 win over a stubborn Bow Valley Bobcat squad from Cochrane, on Saturday, Nov. 9 at the University of Lethbridge community field.In the week before … Read more…
By Tim Bryson Co-coach WCCHS Cobras football team The Willow Creek Composite High School Cobras football team continued their great 2024 run with a convincing 28-16 win over the W.R. Myers Rebels of Taber to win the South Zone 3A football championship. It was the first zone football championship for the Cobras since 2019, when they won the old Tier-4 … Read more…
By Mickey Dumont Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Above expected upgrades and necessary maintenance at the Claresholm Industrial Airport (CIA), the Municipal District of Willow Creek’s evolving plans shine a priority spotlight on the facility.“We get frequent calls regarding potential development there,” says Derrick Krizsan, chief administrative officer, for the Municipal District of Willow Creek. “We are encouraged that the Claresholm … Read more…
By Rob Vogt Starting in the 1880s, after fire department crews returned from a call on horse-drawn equipment, the animals were unable to back into the fire station.Consequently, fire department members were required to take the horses off the equipment, and push it into the bay themselves.Over time, with the development of motorized apparatus, the need to manually move the … Read more…
By Rob Vogt The Livingstone Range School Division wants to hear what everyone thinks about a four-day school week.The division issued a release on Oct. 23 explaining on April 22, the board of trustees announced it will explore a four-day school week to determine if it would be in the best interest of student success, budget efficiencies, and staff retention … Read more…